Plate with Lily of the Valley Tree (Clethra arborea)
Etienne Pierre Ventenat|Johann Friedrich Schultze|Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin
1806–09 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
A fashion for botany swept Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, when botanical designs were used to decorate porcelain services. This plate design is closely related to the service that the Berlin royal porcelain manufactory (Koenigliche Porzellan Manufaktur) created for Josephine Bonaparte beginning in 1809. Like all true botanical services, this plate, which features a lily of the valley, identifies the scientific nomenclature of the plant, “Clethra arborea,” on the reverse side.
- Artist
- Etienne Pierre Ventenat|Johann Friedrich Schultze|Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin
- Date
- 1806–09
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Berlin
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Richard Baron Cohen, 2019
